'옛 것의 근대적 소환과 ‘옛 글’의 근대적 재배치- <소년>과 <청춘>을 중심으로

Abstract

This paper analyzed the rearrangement process of Korean old writings in the early of the modern magazines like Sonyun and Chungchoon, which were published between 1908-1918 by Choe Nam-sun, and also tried to explain how those magazines had tried to list the articles and literary genres with new forms, especially with new orthography. Choe Nam-sun selected some literary texts which had been written in Chosun Dynasty as exemplary texts which could be regarded as reliable, moral and perceptive ones. The modern magazine Sonyun were composed with short stories about historical events and successful people’s life, which were chosen by the imperialistic-oriented norm. Especially in the literary field, there was a section of 「the historical people remained these poems」, which were edited with traditional rhymed verses written by famous writers. Choe Nam-sun had a modernistic view as an editor and also had the important position which could make it possible to have huge immense influence to the readers. This magazine, Sonyun, suggested some practical utilities like getting some new modern information which were originated from civilized western countries, an moral, instructive topics. If some traditional literary texts didn’t accord with the modern issues or ideologies, he didn’t edited with them on this magazine, moreover, sometimes he criticized harshly them with a few articles. And also he created some poems with new styles, and made them be regarded as progressive styles. And also he gave lots of opportunities to his readers and encouraged them to write some articled for magazine Sonyun with those new styles. In case of the modern magazine Chungchoon, there were several sections which were contrived to edited Korean traditional literature continuously or intermittently like 「a little survey on traditional literature涉獵小抄」, 「old writing with new taste옛글 새맛」, 「strange and interesting foret of storyt說林羣奇」, 「scent of literature茶半香初」, 「old people, modern people古人 今人」, etc, with new orthography which were a mixture system of Korean characters and Chinese characters. These sections were composed with modernistic view, especially enlightenment-oriented one. As a result, there were edited several genres of Chosun Dynasty : the first is the biography about middle and low class people, the second is Yadam, the minor genre of Chosun Dynasty, and the third is an essay about drift, which could evoke an adventurous spirit with controlled with modernistic view. Such texts were discriminated from traditional literature which were regarded as authoritative literature by the traditional noble class. Such points showed that a modern magazine Chungchoon kept the point of view which had been related with the editor who had tried to suggest selected traditional literature as a classic and cannon, not as old literary items. A modern magazine Chungchoon which was published in Sinmoonkwan which was edited lots of advertisements of Korean traditional books which were emphasize these points; to select carefully, to revise, to suggest authoritative texts, and to practice cultural activity against economic activity to get money. Such activities of Choe Nam-sun showed his potentialities of nationalistic study and Korean study which were developed continuously hereafter. These cultural activities suggested a ground for the modern canon among Korean classical literatures.